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A Ukrainian FPV features an unusual warhead of three ShOAB-0.5 fragmentation submunitions. They are held within 3D-printed containers and joined to an electric detonator via a printed 3-way adapter containing PVV-7 high explosive. 1/
A Ukrainian technician uses one hand to disassemble a Russian ShOAB-0.5 fragmentation submunition. Over 300 steel balls are embedded in the cast aluminum hemispheres. The fuze requires strong centrifugal force to arm as the submunition's flutes cause it to spin to the ground.
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This is shameful considering how hard Native Americans had to work for religious freedoms after many decades of repression!
The Department of Defense just removed "Native American Religion" as a distinct category. Our spiritual practices are grouped as "other." Our ceremonies aren't a footnote. Read more: ictnews.org/news/department-…
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According to CNN, the U.S. continues to intercept Iranian drones launched against commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz since the e-signing of the U.S.-Iran MOU. This, as the Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC) continues to assess the threat level in the local region as “SUBSTANTIAL.”
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A better representation of all the money Trump’s sending to Iran
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Did no one tell DHS what the indictment says? Because the 15 members of the “anti-ICE group” weren’t charged with “laying a hand on law enforcement.” They were charged with “CONSPIRACY to impede or injure a federal officer.” Those are not the same thing.
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There go the chips MSFT WALKED AWAY FROM A $3BN DEAL TO LEASE ORACLE CLOUD CAPACITY OVER SECURITY CONCERNS: INSIDER
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🔔ICYMI: A controversial deal in the U.S. could fundamentally rewrite internet freedom as we know it. The congressional deal would trade the deregulation of artificial intelligence for unprecedented federal censorship powers. A high-stakes compromise is quietly brewing in Washington as the White House negotiates with congressional leaders to fundamentally reshape the digital landscape. Under the proposed deal reported by Axios, the federal government would strip states of their authority to regulate artificial intelligence—effectively halting progressive state-level efforts to hold tech companies accountable and restrict energy-heavy AI data centers. In exchange, lawmakers would push through three major federal censorship bills: the Kids Online Safety Act, the NO FAKES Act, and a federal online age verification mandate. While framed as common-sense protections for minors, civil liberties advocates warn these measures represent an unprecedented expansion of federal control over online speech. The backlash to this legislative trade-off cuts across typical political lines. Even conservative-backed organizations like the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) have issued stark warnings, declaring that the package would dismantle the internet as we know it by empowering the Federal Trade Commission to dictate acceptable online speech. Opponents argue that enforcing these rules would effectively eliminate online anonymity, while giving the administration an incredibly powerful tool to censor dissenting political views and control what users see on major platforms like Instagram. As the White House maneuvers to secure congressional backing, Americans are left facing a troubling dilemma: the long-sought-after regulation of big tech and AI may come at the direct cost of their fundamental constitutional rights to free expression. Source: Wilkins, J. (2026). Trump Moves to Deeply Censor the Entire Internet. Futurism.
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RT @TaylorLorenz: They’re trying to ram through KOSA in “exchange” for a state AI law preemption and not a single leftist content creator i…
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Replying to @atrupar
Let me help you out @JDVance, The court isn’t withholding the files. That excuse (rule 6E) evaporated when our EFTA passed. Your admin is illegally withholding many important files, claiming traditional “FOIA deliberative process privilege,” which the EFTA explicitly prohibits.
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The degree to which this mounting mockery of the Iran MOU will rattle the Art-of-the-Deal-President remains a legitimate wildcard.
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Breaking: Texas Congressional reps are urging DHS to back off plans to blast barriers & roads through Big Bend National Park. They demand DHS rescind the recent waiver of environmental laws to speed construction & listen to local sheriffs, who unanimously oppose the project.
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A man dressed in all black scaled the Department of Justice building and tore down the Banner of Trump. How do you feel about this?
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“Where is Vader today?” “He’s paying the Rebel Alliance $300 billion dollars after defeating them completely, every day for the last four months, sir.”
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Oh, I forgot the best part. Months before the IPO, SpaceX took $17.5 billion of old junk debt from xAI and X and parked it on its own balance sheet through a $20 billion bridge loan. The terms? Repaid within six months of listing. So part of the $75 billion that retail and index funds just handed over is already spoken for. Not for Mars. Not for rockets. To clear debts piling up at Elon's other companies. You bought the rocket ship. You're on the hook for the loans. BEST. ENGINEERING. EVER.
🚨 SpaceX just pulled off the greatest financial engineering feat of the century. In about a week. Here's everything that happened, in order: – Folded xAI into a rocket company, turning "space logistics" into an "AI infrastructure" story overnight – Priced the IPO at a flat $135. No book-building, no range. Take it or leave it – Floated just 4% of the company. 556 million shares against 13 billion – Raised $75 billion at a $1.77 trillion valuation, near 100x revenue – Lobbied to get into major indices in ~15 trading days. Amazon took years. Forced buying, by law – Handed an unusually large slice of the float to retail. Tiny supply, an army of buyers – Watched the stock rocket past $200, up nearly 20% in a single session – Saw ~46% of the entire float trade hands in one day – Then announced a $60 billion all-stock buyout of Cursor, the AI coding tool – Structured it so the higher the stock trades, the fewer shares it has to print to pay A company losing $4 billion a quarter is now buying AI startups with paper it manufactured out of a 4% float. The scarcity that pumped the stock now makes its shopping spree cheaper. This isn't aerospace. It isn't even AI. It's the finest financial engineering of the century, and it's only week one.
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NBC News: "Iran has fired multiple drones toward commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz since the U.S. and Iran agreed to a memorandum of understanding Sunday...The IRGC has fired multiple drones each night since the MOU was digitally signed Sunday, the official said." nbcnews.com/politics/donald-…
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Wow! Raskin just sent Kash Patel this letter. It’s umm… interesting. Read it twice. 👀 The House Judiciary minority says Patel has handed out more than $1 million in “bonus” payments to agents on his Director’s Advisory Team and his security detail. The letter calls it a personal slush fund. Here’s the mechanism. Federal pay is capped by statute. The letter alleges Patel routed money around that cap. Nearly $8,000 per agent, every two-week pay period. Some collected five in a row. Roughly $40,000 each. Then the accounts ran dry. Raskin says some of the payments bounced. Who got paid? The letter points to the unit NOTUS reported as the “Payback Squad.” And it ties the cash to silence, alleging agents were polygraphed over whether they helped cover up Patel’s drinking. Now the other column. The agents he fired include an FBI Medal of Valor recipient, the official who led the Jan 6 law enforcement response, a Marine combat veteran cut weeks after his wife died of cancer, and a counterintelligence unit that tracked Iranian threats. Reward the loyal. Purge the rest. Raskin wants every bonus, every authorization, and every legal memo on whether this broke federal law. Deadline June 29.
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Not good: "The Senate Armed Services Committee appears ready to do what the Republican-controlled Congress should have put a stop to: write the Trump administration’s equity stake power grab into law." cato.org/blog/senate-ndaa-wo…
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Another @MSCSealift oiler heading to the reserve fleet. Remember those 17 ships that MSC had to lay up because of lack of crew. I guess it is getting better as we move those ships into the inactive reserve fleet (it really is not getting better).
USNS John Ericsson ( T-AO-194) Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler being towed into Norfolk, Virginia for July 31 inactivation - June 15, 2026 SRC: X-@AirAssets
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ICE throw tear gas canisters at the feet of U.S. citizens protesting—at point blank range. Agents shoot industrial strength pepper spray—directly into eyes of protesters. At least 7 people injured & needed medical assistance. 1 woman had to be rushed to hospital by ambulance due to "seizure like uncontrollable shaking"—after being "completely covered" in orange dyed chemical spray. Demonstrators were protesting the federal indictment of 15 Minnesota anti-ICE activists. Incident occurred outside the Warren E. Burger Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in St. Paul, Minnesota. This video footage was not available on this platform—so posting here to help their efforts to raise awareness.
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Replying to @factpostnews
What a complete moron. He is pure stupidity and a real scumbag. He doesn't know shit about kids with autism and should shut the hell up.
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